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and back tonight vice president of the united states. if you talk to him, he will tell you the difference between four years ago and today is like a patient who had cardiac surgery. four years ago the patient is undergoing bypass surgery. now the patient is in the recovery room. one of the things about biden in relation to this issue and other issues in the white house staff is unlike the people in the white house staff, biden manages to live for a for a time eve every -- he goes to home depot. when he goes there, he realizes there's still enormous difficulty in this country. plumbers aren't there in the numbers they used to be, builders aren't at home depot the way they were five or six years ago and he gets a sense of this evenings far better than the white house staff or certainly the president who are in that double. >> so the patience, on the table? >> i would think you would want to go back to the policies we had eight years before that, which is what you'd get. >> unless you had another ticket that was so healthy that they could r
and back tonight vice president of the united states. if you talk to him, he will tell you the difference between four years ago and today is like a patient who had cardiac surgery. four years ago the patient is undergoing bypass surgery. now the patient is in the recovery room. one of the things about biden in relation to this issue and other issues in the white house staff is unlike the people in the white house staff, biden manages to live for a for a time eve every -- he goes to home depot....
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we need the united states with us. the time is now. i think that opened a lot of people's eyes yesterday. the public way in which prime minister netanyahu is pushing or attempting to push the united states and president obama into some kind of engagement with iran. >> to a point you raised earlier, and it will be interesting if we had more time and wasn't on a satellite delay with ambassador ross, to get to the question of who do you negotiate with in tehran? >> we don't know who is in charge. i mean we don't know. is it ahmadinejad? is it the mullahs? is it the revolutionary guard? we've asked dr. brzezinski. we could have asked dennis ross. you don't know who to negotiate with. maybe we could do what reagan did in '86 and we could send over a bible and cake, birthday cake -- >> okay. >> do you think that will work? >> we'll be right back. >> one day we will find the moderates in iran! one day! ♪ ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy
we need the united states with us. the time is now. i think that opened a lot of people's eyes yesterday. the public way in which prime minister netanyahu is pushing or attempting to push the united states and president obama into some kind of engagement with iran. >> to a point you raised earlier, and it will be interesting if we had more time and wasn't on a satellite delay with ambassador ross, to get to the question of who do you negotiate with in tehran? >> we don't know who is...
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breaks all records in the united states senate. all of these republican filibusters are an effort to stop things from moving forward. mitch mcconnell spelled it out. we're here to make him a one-term president and our job is to say no mp they've done it repeatedly. we always have 53 votes. we have a veterans jobs bill that may get through, but you have to look at it and say there's a real record of obstruction there. look at the farm bill. we passed a transportation bill and farm bill. sent it to the house and they fell flat on the face. they wouldn't call our bill. now we're in a situation with the disaster across the united states, the drought, and the house can't pass a bill. >> the republicans will say the same thing about harry reed. a lot of finger pointing going back and forth. >> how many of those bills were bipartisan coming out of the house? >> right. >> virtually none of them. it's run the flag up. let's throw something at solynd solyndra, let's throw something at -- >> is harry reed bipartisan? >> he has been. he can po
breaks all records in the united states senate. all of these republican filibusters are an effort to stop things from moving forward. mitch mcconnell spelled it out. we're here to make him a one-term president and our job is to say no mp they've done it repeatedly. we always have 53 votes. we have a veterans jobs bill that may get through, but you have to look at it and say there's a real record of obstruction there. look at the farm bill. we passed a transportation bill and farm bill. sent it...
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rick scott, i would dare say, is perhaps the most conservative governor in the united states. florida, i understand it's a swing state in presidential election, but it's a swing state when you have, you know, guys running like mitt romney and john mccain and bob dole. a tough conservative wins florida. >> what was the impact of that ad -- i couldn't believe when he picked ryan, the democrats ran an ad of some guy who looked like ryan pushing granny off the edge of a cliff in a wheelchair. it was subtle. >> it was subtle but that doesn't work because marco rubio got elected by promising. the one big debate that he had with charlie crist and the democratic opponent, he talked about raising social security to 70. bob graham, one of the most popular democratic politicians in florida history, always talked about the need of possibly raising the retirement age for social security and medicare. the voters there are a lot smarter than politicians think. so no, it wasn't that good. let's talk some more about ike because, again, i think the guy is slowly evolving into my favorite presid
rick scott, i would dare say, is perhaps the most conservative governor in the united states. florida, i understand it's a swing state in presidential election, but it's a swing state when you have, you know, guys running like mitt romney and john mccain and bob dole. a tough conservative wins florida. >> what was the impact of that ad -- i couldn't believe when he picked ryan, the democrats ran an ad of some guy who looked like ryan pushing granny off the edge of a cliff in a wheelchair....
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the biggest threat of the united states, our biggest enemy. he said sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska and he went on to make a joke about rocky 4. sarah palin said i i think he deminnished himself by even mentioning my name. >> and you know what? i don't really -- wow. why would somebody say that about themselves? >> she said that of herself. that was not the -- >> sarah palin now a critic of sarah palin? >> it's hard to parse out that one. >> i'm confused. >> self-reflective. >> i've got to see that. >> get back to the original story. >> charlie cook, thank you so much. chuck and jonathan, stay with us. coming up as we just mentioned, we are minutes away from a very important august jobs report. we're going to bring in those numbers live as we get them. and next -- you're watching "morning joe." humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see
the biggest threat of the united states, our biggest enemy. he said sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska and he went on to make a joke about rocky 4. sarah palin said i i think he deminnished himself by even mentioning my name. >> and you know what? i don't really -- wow. why would somebody say that about themselves? >> she said that of herself. that was not the -- >> sarah palin now a critic of sarah palin? >> it's hard to parse out that one. >> i'm...
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as you look at the sun rising over the united states capitol. time for our must-read op-ed. this morning, "the wall street jourl." "it's always the economy, stupid. what mr. oma won say i t nancial crisis resulted from the implosion of a housing market transformed into a toxic landfill by congress, regulators, fannie, fredd and mortgage packagers. the bush policy was a bystander. also left unsaid by mr. obama but free for the telling by mr. romney is that as the u.s. unemployment rate hit 9.5% in june 2009 and a shocked public was looking for a response, the new president introduced the afrdabar a for the next few months. when mr. obama signed the law into march in 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.8%. if a opponen wanted to scribe this in partisan terms, he might saytrent edn entitlement dream while the economy burned. >> i think there's a certain spin on it. i think the president's argument would be when you become president, you usually get a couple years to getour big things done. health care was something he identified early on as a big thing that needed to get done, an
as you look at the sun rising over the united states capitol. time for our must-read op-ed. this morning, "the wall street jourl." "it's always the economy, stupid. what mr. oma won say i t nancial crisis resulted from the implosion of a housing market transformed into a toxic landfill by congress, regulators, fannie, fredd and mortgage packagers. the bush policy was a bystander. also left unsaid by mr. obama but free for the telling by mr. romney is that as the u.s. unemployment...
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states would be looked at would be very different, and it's not happening. >> bluntly, the united states is strongest when the senate acts in a bipartisan and responsible way, by a vote of 99-1, we clarified that the senate is opposed to apolicy of containment with regards to iran and the acquisition of nuclear weapons. i think probably the worst moment of this entire presidential campaign for governor romney was when he tried to take advantage of the tragedy in benghazi to advance his own campaign. we are better off when we act together, as we have been working to support the ratification of the rights -- the convention for the rights of the disabled. we will do better as a nation if we show a united and strong face to the rest of the world, and if we refuse to allow extremists whether they're in iran or syria to hijack the steady movement towards freedom and progress in the middle east. >> we voted the same on a number of these things. what happened with the murder of our ambassador as he did last night just a bump in the road -- that's what he said. it's all a bump in the road. >> i w
states would be looked at would be very different, and it's not happening. >> bluntly, the united states is strongest when the senate acts in a bipartisan and responsible way, by a vote of 99-1, we clarified that the senate is opposed to apolicy of containment with regards to iran and the acquisition of nuclear weapons. i think probably the worst moment of this entire presidential campaign for governor romney was when he tried to take advantage of the tragedy in benghazi to advance his...
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states. >> preserve and protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> 48 past the hour, chief justice john roberts administering the oath of office at the inauguration in 2009, slight problem there. an omen, perhaps, of an impending rocky relationship between the current executive and judicial branches. joining us now, legal analyst and staff writer for "the new yorker," jeffrey toobin, the author of "the oath," the obama white house and the supreme court. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> meacham likes the pictures. >> he loves the pdf. jeffrey, is there a more fascinating decision than the decision that was handed down by the roberts court on the affordable care act? >> most fascinating and probably most important. you know, 35 million people will or will not get insurance based on one vote in the supreme court. and it was unexpected, certainly by me. but -- >> by everybody. by everybody. >> just about. and i think it was in many respects now in retrospect now that i've done the rep
states. >> preserve and protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> 48 past the hour, chief justice john roberts administering the oath of office at the inauguration in 2009, slight problem there. an omen, perhaps, of an impending rocky relationship between the current executive and judicial branches. joining us now, legal analyst and staff writer for "the new...
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romney can no longer use the class warfare card against the president of the united states. he's got to, in his speech, if you listen to what he said in florida from that fund-raiser thing, he continually refers to "those people." "those people." that ain't going to fly. "those people." like some alien tribe among us who are just lunging for food stamps? nobody wants to be born poor in the united states of america. >> coming up next, a new film by david letterman's executive producer, rob burnett. he joins us next. >>> as we wrap up our fifth anniversary week, a big look back at the best moments and biggest guests from the past five years. five years. from "morning joe." now, that's what i call a test drive. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! on ever
romney can no longer use the class warfare card against the president of the united states. he's got to, in his speech, if you listen to what he said in florida from that fund-raiser thing, he continually refers to "those people." "those people." that ain't going to fly. "those people." like some alien tribe among us who are just lunging for food stamps? nobody wants to be born poor in the united states of america. >> coming up next, a new film by david...
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the united states in urban areas and in rural areas. that in a nutshell is our story. there's been -- since we started there's been 3 million doctor/patient visits over the 25 years. >> you guys have been working this issue for a long time. we talk about presidential campaigns and how a lot of big issues don't get talked about. this is one of them. how frustrating is it for you to watch this campaign play out in 2012 and have this issue that means so much to you never mentioned? not ever really discussed in any substantial way by either party or either candidate. >> that's an important question. we have been speaking to the campaigns and trying to get both of the campaigns to say something in terms of their plans for what they'll do not just access to health care for all children, especially poor children, but access to all of the safety net programs from hunger support and early education and so forth. and in fairness, the last few years have shown significant growth in some of the strength of these programs and expansion of programs f
the united states in urban areas and in rural areas. that in a nutshell is our story. there's been -- since we started there's been 3 million doctor/patient visits over the 25 years. >> you guys have been working this issue for a long time. we talk about presidential campaigns and how a lot of big issues don't get talked about. this is one of them. how frustrating is it for you to watch this campaign play out in 2012 and have this issue that means so much to you never mentioned? not ever...
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and as far as i know, the united states military, the leaders of the united states military, are unanimously opposed to it to this day. this is a fool's errand. it would be a ridiculous war with absolutely no good coming of it. >> joe, you're the only one among us who has been to iran. what do you think are the possibilities of the actions being taken now against iran, against the currency and the internals h s they're trying to chief there? >> republicans talk about ahmadinejad. he has no power. he's a figure head. the supreme leader has never conceded anything to us. there is hope this time that there may be a change because of this economic pressure for one reason. the revolutionary guards who are the most powerful force in the country control 30% to 40% of the economy. and these sanctions are really biting them. and very soon they'll start hampering the revolutionary guard's ability to buy weapons. and to pay their members. >> let me play devil's advocate for a second because clearly none of us want war. it's obviously the last thing we want. let's just go on the premise that the sanctio
and as far as i know, the united states military, the leaders of the united states military, are unanimously opposed to it to this day. this is a fool's errand. it would be a ridiculous war with absolutely no good coming of it. >> joe, you're the only one among us who has been to iran. what do you think are the possibilities of the actions being taken now against iran, against the currency and the internals h s they're trying to chief there? >> republicans talk about ahmadinejad. he...
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united states and obama so far. they're not going to turn over american policy to the israelis. >> hey, david, it's willie. you write in your piece on friday that president obama and the united states need to -- i think you said -- take control of the looming confrontation with iran. what would that look like exactly? because netanyahu has really controlled the stage over the last couple of weeks. what should president obama do to take control? >> well, i think first he has to make the kind of statement i was describing. restating u.s. policy but doing so very forcefully. we have been saying to israel, we've got your back. we're preparing for this. i think the broad pieces of this policy, this policy includes sanctions, this policy includes covert action, which is very aggressive. i don't know that i've ever seen a covert action program quite like this. and then it's got this threat over the horizon of actual military action, but the planning on the ground has already largely been done. there's pre-positioning, ther
united states and obama so far. they're not going to turn over american policy to the israelis. >> hey, david, it's willie. you write in your piece on friday that president obama and the united states need to -- i think you said -- take control of the looming confrontation with iran. what would that look like exactly? because netanyahu has really controlled the stage over the last couple of weeks. what should president obama do to take control? >> well, i think first he has to make...
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it was all ready to go until they showed up and saw the president of the united states holding a rally. the obama campaign had booked the same barn on the same date. >> just our luck. that's kind of how -- oh, yeah, figures, the one place which the president also chooses. >> so on the big day, president obama ended his campaign speech with moments to spare before the wedding. the bride rushed into her ceremony and walked down the aisle on time. to extend his apologies for clogging up the parking lot, president obama left behind a wedding gift, a silver tray and a mint julep cup. where he got that, we don't know. >> i used it the first night for sure. love him or hate him, it's a gift from the president. >> unknown fact. along with the football the president of the united states travels with, also travels with a mint julep cup. the newlyweds say they're not democrats, but they admit the cup from the president was by far the coolest wedding gift they received. >>> sam stein, thanks, man, we'll talk to you. >> thanks, guys. >>> up next, senator tom coburn joins the conversation. also, ric
it was all ready to go until they showed up and saw the president of the united states holding a rally. the obama campaign had booked the same barn on the same date. >> just our luck. that's kind of how -- oh, yeah, figures, the one place which the president also chooses. >> so on the big day, president obama ended his campaign speech with moments to spare before the wedding. the bride rushed into her ceremony and walked down the aisle on time. to extend his apologies for clogging...
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and former comptroller of the united states, david walker and national editor for "vanity fair." jobs launched today. >> talking about the convention first, how are the democrats staging this compared to the republicans? >> they make the republicans in tampa look like amateur hour, it's just the energy, the engagement, michelle obama's speech, i looked through everything conservatives have written and i can't find a negative word which is pretty stunning, it's really the one moment of by partisanship is michelle obama's speech. of course now the question is going to be, how do they go from the personal to the political, that breach. even in michelle obama's speech, you realize that she talked about the soldiers who are coming home, and the man who lost his eyes in afghanistan and he would have given them 100 times over what he had down. to do what exactly. why do we stay in the emotional generaliti generalities. the minute you get down to why are we still in afghanistan. even deval said he's ending the war in afghanistan, but he's not ending it any time soon. >> it was much more
and former comptroller of the united states, david walker and national editor for "vanity fair." jobs launched today. >> talking about the convention first, how are the democrats staging this compared to the republicans? >> they make the republicans in tampa look like amateur hour, it's just the energy, the engagement, michelle obama's speech, i looked through everything conservatives have written and i can't find a negative word which is pretty stunning, it's really the...
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you look at how he got to the united states senate with strippers and everything else. you get alan keyes running against you in the general election. how much does jesus love barack obama? what a -- >> joe, jesus loves us all first of all. jesus loves us all. >> you can tell this man grew up in south carolina. you can tell. correct. >> yeah. but number two, look. barack obama defeated the clinton machine in 2008. he defeated john mccain. he has opened a lead on mitt romney. i mean, you know, i think it's fantasy to say this is all like the -- you could argue he's had luck but in fact he is good at this. he is good at this. you know, he's got a trial. he's got a track record here. >> all right. >> as i said to david axelrod, mika, the dnc, you people may not know how to run this country but you can put on a campaign. >> yes, yes. david gregory, who do you have on "meet the press thoi sunday? >> we'll talk to chris christie on the program to get his handicapping of the race and the debates ahead. >> that'll be good. chuck todd, see you on "the daily rundown" right after
you look at how he got to the united states senate with strippers and everything else. you get alan keyes running against you in the general election. how much does jesus love barack obama? what a -- >> joe, jesus loves us all first of all. jesus loves us all. >> you can tell this man grew up in south carolina. you can tell. correct. >> yeah. but number two, look. barack obama defeated the clinton machine in 2008. he defeated john mccain. he has opened a lead on mitt romney. i...
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the michael storm not going to be a problem at all for anyone in the united states or canada. now lesley is going to brush bermuda and head to the canadian maritime. it's going to send large waves to the eastern coast of the u.s., but no rip curredirect th rain. the humidity still very high from d.c. southwards down through the southeast. looks like we will spark a few thunderstorms from the southeast, especially north carolina, some beneficial rains today in missouri. but we can't get that rain yet down in texas or oklahoma. still brutally hot. it's going to be 103 degrees today in dallas. thankfully for areas of oklahoma and texas, you will cool off this upcoming weekend back into the 80s. it's about time. charlotte, chance of thunderstorms once again this afternoon, typical summertime weather for you. we'll have more from charlotte coming up here on "morning joe," we're brewed by starbucks. [ "human" by the human league playing ] humans. we mean well, but we're imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's becau
the michael storm not going to be a problem at all for anyone in the united states or canada. now lesley is going to brush bermuda and head to the canadian maritime. it's going to send large waves to the eastern coast of the u.s., but no rip curredirect th rain. the humidity still very high from d.c. southwards down through the southeast. looks like we will spark a few thunderstorms from the southeast, especially north carolina, some beneficial rains today in missouri. but we can't get that...
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i think it may have cost the united states more notto. and we know, f am t thaveno their ears in conversations with the egyptians over the aftermath of that. we know the president had a long talk with president morsi about the upsurge of the demonstrations in cairo over the film trail and we know it proded some relt k muc firmer stand after that conversation. and he is coming here today. the president of egypt. it will be interesting to see what he says. >> it's amazing. >> cgi. >> i was going to say cgi is like the a smith nn yoot cdas cong here. you got mitt romney coming this morning and right after that, the president. >> i invited him. i called him and invit him. we did it four years ago, remember? senator mccain came a brought governor palinithim. andfoo whatever you think about his tax return, given a substantial amount of money to charity, he might want to talk about that today. >> i heard what the secretary said yesterday about elites not payi taxes. are youomfoable with a l hekt'en going on, the democrat primary? and even at the
i think it may have cost the united states more notto. and we know, f am t thaveno their ears in conversations with the egyptians over the aftermath of that. we know the president had a long talk with president morsi about the upsurge of the demonstrations in cairo over the film trail and we know it proded some relt k muc firmer stand after that conversation. and he is coming here today. the president of egypt. it will be interesting to see what he says. >> it's amazing. >> cgi....
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. >> at least for 24 to 48 hours until you have a dead united states ambassador come back home. i think that was the unbecoming thing. >> but the egypt mistake is an interesting mistake and i think deserves some scrutiny. >> it was an interesting mistake. i think we can get past it. i think it is very good news that the president spoke with president morsi and let him know, this is not acceptable. this is not how you guys behave. and john, from all the report s i've read, the egyptians said message received. the muslim brotherhood, even, said message received. we're going to pull back. why is this important? this is so important for so many reasons in the middle east. the least of which not being israel and trying to keep -- trying to keep israel safe. >> well, you think about it, you know, the historic u.s. allies in that region, all of those relationships are somewhat more tenuous and trfragile than just few years ago, whether it saudi arabia. you want to have that relationship be strong. i think the president was speaking the truth which is that it's a government in transitio
. >> at least for 24 to 48 hours until you have a dead united states ambassador come back home. i think that was the unbecoming thing. >> but the egypt mistake is an interesting mistake and i think deserves some scrutiny. >> it was an interesting mistake. i think we can get past it. i think it is very good news that the president spoke with president morsi and let him know, this is not acceptable. this is not how you guys behave. and john, from all the report s i've read, the...
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but the purposes of the united states should not be doubted. the security council resolutions will be enforced. the just demands of peace and security will be met. our action will be unvoidable. >> 28 past the hour, that was former president bush in 2002 in a speech that was reportedly not meant to be given at all to the u.n. that's according to contributing editor of "vanity fair" who writes about that moment and other details of the first 500 days after the september 11th attacks in his number book "500 days: secrets and lies in the terror wars." and you have a piece in the "new york times" that reads in part this, kurt, welcome to the show. the direct warnings to mr. bush about the possibility of al qaeda and al qaeda attack began in the spring of 2001, by may 1st, the cia told the white house of a report that a group presently in the united states was planning a terrorist operation. weeks later on june 22nd, the daily brief reported that al qaeda strikes could be imminent, although suggested the time frame was flexible. but some in the admi
but the purposes of the united states should not be doubted. the security council resolutions will be enforced. the just demands of peace and security will be met. our action will be unvoidable. >> 28 past the hour, that was former president bush in 2002 in a speech that was reportedly not meant to be given at all to the u.n. that's according to contributing editor of "vanity fair" who writes about that moment and other details of the first 500 days after the september 11th...
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he wants to be president of the united states. but the "wall street journal" -- i thought they said it wonderfully -- which is we conservatives aren't angry at these people, that 47% of the population that are on government benefits. we don't look at them as the problem. they are victims. they are victims of bad economic policies that over the past decade have caused -- have caused this economy to drop. and our job as conservatives is to turn the economy around and make americans less dependent on the federal government. not because we resent those people who have to get help, like scott brown in massachusetts said growing up, his family needed assistance. growing up, my family needed assistance. and that's what kristol gets here, that mitt romney doesn't get. that's what the "wall street journal" editorial page gets that mitt romney doesn't get. and that is that guys like my dad who were unemployed for a year-and-a-half and couldn't find a job, they were voting nixon and they were voting the straight republican ticket and they we
he wants to be president of the united states. but the "wall street journal" -- i thought they said it wonderfully -- which is we conservatives aren't angry at these people, that 47% of the population that are on government benefits. we don't look at them as the problem. they are victims. they are victims of bad economic policies that over the past decade have caused -- have caused this economy to drop. and our job as conservatives is to turn the economy around and make americans less...